Posted on 08/12/2018 12:09:57 PM PDT by Rummyfan
On January 1 of this year, I penned a piece the gist of which was that despite the awful player protests during the national anthem, I was going to watch the NFL playoffs. The post garnered me the heaviest excoriation I’d yet experienced since starting at PJ Media in 2015. The essay provoked more disagreement and disapproval than any previous or subsequent submission. Out of hundreds of naysaying and sometimes nasty comments, both here and at Instapundit, I think a grand total of one person stated in cautious agreement that he wasn’t going to let a bunch of spoiled millionaire athletes keep him from watching the battle to reach the Super Bowl.
That’s OK. Excoriation comes with the turf, as it were. If you can’t take extreme blowback from the public at large for your published opinions, go blog for Better Homes and Gardens.
There was one comment in particular that stood out from all the rebuke and made me think about the protests and NFL boycott in a way I hadn’t before. The commenter opined that my take on the issue was dated, coming from an older generation for which sitting around watching football games together was an important aspect of social life. He or she suggested that because of all the ways we get information now, the shared sit-down in front of the boob tube is not the hearth fire moment it used to be.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
“... the players are giving the finger to white Americans. It doesn’t matter if that wasn’t the intent, ...”
That was/is PRECISELY their intent!
“He was not a Republican. Fake news.”
His niece (Alveda?) said he was. Actually, IIRC, she said he had been both — changed from one to the other at some point in time.
I personally don’t see why anyone would pay the price that some teams charge for games.
I haven’t watch an NFL/NBA game on tv in years. I still watch
college games.
Same here. I'm enjoying the shadenfreude though. I can't think of any thing less consequential than any professional sport.
It is way past time for people to recognize bread and circuses for what it is.
I agree just bunch of thugs and sent al aha like that brutal game
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